Natural gas fuel is increasingly used to power oil and gas operations, including drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Natural gas offers advantages in reducing fuel costs and engine emissions. One way in which this can be done is with Dual Fuel Diesel Engines.

Lisa Gonzalez will serve on a panel for the Center for Houston Houston’s Summer Salons series: Water, Water Everywhere – Drinking, Rising, Surging on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at The Junior League of Houston.

HARC's Satish Ravindran and Chris Ruffer, will present a poster, "Flare Gas Reduction at the Well Head in Oil Fields" at Southern Methodist University Geothermal Power Plays Conference on April 25, 2016 in Dallas.

HARC's Gavin Dillingham will serve on the energy policy panel, "Policy Side of Implementing New Practices", at the World Affairs Council Energy Forum on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at United Way in Houston.

HARC's Jennifer Ronk will present "How Houston is Preparing for Climate Change" to the Rotary Club of University Area Houston at Hungry's Cafe & Bistro in Houston on Tuesday, March 2, 2016 at 7:15 a.m.

Six HARC Researchers and one HARC Fellow will present at the State of the Bay Symposium January 13-14, 2016. The symposium will be held at Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa and Convention Center in Galveston, Texas.

Andra Wilcox will present an abstract, "Stakeholder Engagement and the Development of Water Management Strategies", at the Groundwater Protection Council Forum, September 27-30, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Rich Haut presented on "Measuring Cost-Effective Practices to Address Environmental and Societal Issues Associated with Oil and Gas Development" at the SPEOKC - POS 2015 conference. The conference was held March 1-5, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

HARC's Gavin Dillingham, Clean Energy Policy, served as a panelist at the CoreNet Global Meeting: Accelerating Investments in Energy Efficiency in Houston’s Building Market in Houston, Texas on November 18, 2014.

Gavin Dillingham presented on the current market conditions for fuel cell technology and combined heat and power in the Texas market at the U.S. Green Building Council Energy Summit on October 7, 2014 in Houston, Texas.

Gavin Dillingham and Jennifer Ronk participated in the development of the 2014 Standardization Roadmap: Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment report publicized by EESCC of the American National Standards Institute.

Gavin Dillingham, Research Scientist, Clean Energy Policy, paper, "Explaining the Diffusion of the Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS) Across States", will be published in the 2014 American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Summer Study on Energy Economy in Buildings.

Rich Haut will be in an upcoming segment in Business Week as part of an interview with Keane Group to address environmental issues associated with oil and gas development, specifically, hydraulic fracturing.

HARC Research Scientist, Stephanie Glenn, Program Director, Hydrology and Watersheds, was invited to present at an international workshop on Sustainability of Engineered Rivers in Arid Lands in Austin, Texas.

HARC Researchers, Gavin Dillingham and Caroloyn LaFleur, served on the Innovative Water Technology panel at the Eagle Ford Center for Research, Education and Outreach Fall Workshop on Friday, November 15, 2013 at the City of Cotulla Convention Center.

Jennifer Ronk, HARC's Program Director of Environmental Science and Energy Efficiency, provided an update on solar energy and how it can be used in The Woodlands. The lecture was held at the George and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Library on November 19, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

HARC Researcher, Gavin Dillingham spoke at the Houston Green Office Challenge Peer Workshop on Energy Efficiency Financing. The event was held on October 30, 2013, 1:30 p.m. at the Green Building Resource Center.